Places: CA-Chowchilla

Chowchilla Mountain-6,906' (Buckingham Mountain)   (37.5599345, -119.7546097)
Chowchilla Mountains-5,800' (Wawona)   (37.5249363, -119.7218280)
Chowchilla River-137' (Santa Rita Bridge)   (37.1057779,  -120.5104619-Mouth)
Old Chowchilla Creek-137' (El Nido)   (37.1335553, -120.4624057-Mouth)

Description:

The road from Raymond to Wawona generally followed the route of present State Highway 41, while the stage route from Mariposa, called the Chowchilla Mountain Road, exists today, rutty, dusty and little-changed from its 1870 route.  From Wawona’s Yesterdays (1961) by Shirley Sargent

From GNIS:

• Chowchilla Mountains is also called Chowchilla Mountain
• Chowchilla River, also called:
• Chauchiles River: Sanchez, Nellie Van De Grift. Spanish and Indian Place Names of California. San Francisco, California: A.M. Robertson, 1922. p290
• Chow Chili River: Durham, David L. Geographic Names of Madera County California. Fresno, California: Pioneer Publishing, 1987. p12
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Trips:

• October 31, 2020 - Gary, Sherri, Steven and Korra did an extended Wawona Meadow Loop, including Chowchilla Mountain Road.
  

References:

•  High Sierra Topix - on the Old Chowchilla Road
• SF Gate on the Chowchilla Road
• Peakbagger
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Pictures:

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